What should our Muslim Eco-System look like. Are we anywhere near it?

Halima Begum is a Bangladeshi‑British charity leader known for her work on racial justice, education, and global development. Raised in London’s East End after her family migrated from Sylhet in the aftermath of the Liberation War, she overcame early hardship, disability, and racial violence to become one of the UK’s most prominent voices on equality. A graduate of the LSE and Queen Mary University of London, she has held senior roles at ActionAid, the British Council, the LEGO Foundation, and the Runnymede Trust, and served as Chief Executive of Oxfam UK. Through the Covid‑19 pandemic she was a leading advocate for stronger public health measures for ethnic minority and working‑class communities. Her career reflects a lifelong commitment to social justice shaped by lived experience, community activism, and global humanitarian work.